Let’s talk about our family tradition

Clockmakers by traditionThere are still some of them in the Black Forest of today: families who feel obliged to the centuries old tradition of clock manufacture since several generations.

In the Eble family it is the fifth generation now – as can be proved surely with Gustav Eble since 1880.

The Eble clockmaker family - since 1880

The Eble family experienced in its historical life the development of the Black Forest Clock and the increase in production.Like in many places the living room was at the same time also workshop. Only on Sundays, when the workbenches along the windows had been removed, it served exclusive as living room.

They say there was a small „room for gearwheels“ in which only gearwheels were manufactured. The finished clocks could be already sold in 1900 in their own „shop“ (see historical photo above).

But already in earlier times the Black Forest Clocks had a long way to their final place of destination. Clockmakers who were at the same time clock-porters used the opportunity to bring their goods with the rafts men to the Rhineland and to Holland . Eble Clocks were delivered even to Russia.

They also had to go through the hard times of the World Wars when the order situation was at zero. But nevertheless – the Ebles had the talent for puzzling and the spirit of enterprise in their blood. The trust in their own ability has always been their strongest capital, up to now. They always seized the opportunity to expand and to modernize.

From the very modest beginning the company has increased to the present day Clock Park with its new sensational attraction: The World’s Biggest Cuckoo Clock. This clock has been built over a 5 years period by Ewald Eble and his son Ralf. Today the World’s Biggest Cuckoo Clock is one of the well-known attractions in the Black Forest.

As the Black Forest Clocks in the past, the delicate small clocks, the cuckoo clocks, the wall clocks and last but not least the imposing floor clocks which are small monuments to interior decoration, a perfect union of highest technical perfection and craftsmanship, take their way today from here to all parts in the world.